Marked suppression of renin levels by β-receptor blocker in patients treated with standard heart failure therapy: A potential mechanism of benefit from β-blockade

Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 249, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 167-172

  Holmer, S R ^a   Hengstenberg, C ^a   Mayer, B ^a   Engel, S ^b   Lowel H ^b   Riegger, G A J ^a   Schunkert, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Angiotensin; Beta adrenergic receptors; Diuretics; Heart failure; Renin

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; RENIN; TICLOPIDINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; DIURETICS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RENIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0035089408     PISSN: 09546820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2796.2001.00786.x     Document Type: Article

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